{"product_id":"missionary-practices-and-spanish-steel-the-evolution-of-apostolic-mission-in-the-context-of-new-spain-conquests-hardcover-1","title":"Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel: The Evolution of Apostolic Mission in the Context of New Spain Conquests - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew L. Toth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work and ministries of the Roman Catholic friars who gave their lives, both as martyrs for the cause of their church and in years of hard and often thankless labor, are the inspiration and basis for \u003ci\u003eMissionary Practices and Spanish Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, a theological and practical narrative that seeks to remember and understand their accomplishments in Christian mission.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMissionary and theologian Andrew L. Toth investigates the roots of Christian mission as it developed into the field of Christian missiology in the chaotic, terrible, and incredibly diverse three-hundred-year Spanish conquest of North America indigenous nations. Through his research Toth shows that, in the great majority of the cases studied, the friars accomplished their goals to transform these native cultures into their own Spanish culture to account them as Roman Catholic Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study us more than just a history of the friars' missionary movement. Toth not only explores how Spanish Catholic missionaries approached their work, but also asks to what extent their approach conformed to a particular theological perspective. Toth rounds out his argument by speculating on what the friars can teach us about the role of missionaries today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprehensive and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eMissionary Practices and Spanish Steel\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective on the current missionary movement by looking through the lens of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42665248129120,"sku":"9781475947441","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/Y1Yvckp3L3RRc1IwK3IxWCtHOWR5UT09.webp?v=1774601462","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/missionary-practices-and-spanish-steel-the-evolution-of-apostolic-mission-in-the-context-of-new-spain-conquests-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}